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"Sammymalta" - maybe it's on Malta? Bloody hot in summer but a nice place after all The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

WooHoo. The rate in Germany is usually around 75-80 EUR (own gear) Not easy because there aren't many clients/students? Because even from April to October you should be able to do 200+ on weekends - if 'nuff paxes are provided The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

That is why you ought to be able to spot if you are going to make a naked jump. OK, if you have to chop on that jump, well... land and then wrap the canopy around your lower parts... The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

I doubt you will have to re-learn much. Most of what's necessary to successfully jump is sort of "muscle-memory" and thus you don't really lose it. You'll (and should) go to hanger training (EPs etc), some basics (exit (sic!), freefall, canopy ride incl. landing) and will have to jump with an AFF-I and will find out, it's like riding a bike. And yes, I know the feeling that you have to remind yourself to be glad you get the chance to jump again, that it could have been worse. Nevertheless one always looks for progression, achievement etc rather than finding comfort in "it could have been worse" or "others are way worse off than me" That's life, I suppose. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Our rigger here used to tell mad skillz wonderz to buy a brand new canopy (when they told him they intended on buying this used small and fast canopy). "Why brand new?" "Coz yer gonna have ta sell it soon and a new one sells better." "Why am I going to sell it?" "Coz yer gonna bite the dust ridin' it, very soon!" The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Reading this I was reminded of a funny British TV series... See attachment The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

I'd suggest Namo jump with an AFF-I (there ought to be 'nuff of 'em willing to help the duck ) - so she should feel confident, feel being looked after and have someone by her side just in case. That's what I did when I re-started jumping after a compound humerus fracture and a scattered scapula. I felt totally safe with this buddy (one of the best AFF-I/E of Germany) - only "scary" moment was when I deployed my canopy at 1500 meters and watched him plummeting towards the ground The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

No, it's congrats in Hebrew (Ivrit) The programme used for this forum translates the & signs into & thus making the HTML encapsulation invalid. It means: Congratulations, that's great. Looks in Hebrew letters ... see pic attached. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

QuoteWhat an incompetent blowhard! I have a hunch he's botched a bunch of medical procedures in his career and has gotten defensive by default. I'm glad you later found a doctor who knew what he was doing. Quote I was told that he was good at doing knees but I suppose my fracture (multiple, parts at angle to each other and dislocated) was sth he hadn't dealt with for a while and thus he got defensive etc. But hey, nobody is perfect and I wouldn't expect any surgeon to be a specialist for each and every injury. So if he had asked me if I was comfortable to be referred to another surgeon/ward/hospital I wouldn't have objected for sure! The surgeon at Magdeburg University Hospital was an excellent one. Head of this unit, professor at university. He was compassionate and understood I wanted to get airborne :-) ASAP. But back to you - I am well now - I wish you a speedy recovery and bear with them physiotherrorists^Tphysiotherapists. They don't do it deliberately, they just help you. But you already told me about this phenomenon I am also looking forward to your cartoon version of what happened. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

The attitudes of non-skydivers around skydivers who have been injured, can be interesting. The non-skydivers sometimes think that we should have gotten the silly idea of jumping out of our system by that point. Fertile ground for social observation & cartoons. Sometimes the reactions/attitudes of non-skydivers can be extremely surprising, to put it politely. When I arrived at the A&E with a compound humerus fracture and a shattered scapula the "physician" - better butcher - shouted at me: This can't be true! Such an injury because you skydived! Skydiving should be prohibited! Later I asked for another shot of novocaine or something, the pain was almost unbearable - he again shouted at me: This is completely your fault! You decided to jump out of a plane! Be glad you are still alive! This asswipe let me wait for the painkiller until I got admitted at the traumatology ward. I later asked him if he also shouts at car drivers, rollerbladers or folks who fall off a ladder. His face turned red and he exclaimed I should be glad to alive and blablabla... He got even more furious when I told him that I intended to jump again. "How can someone with a sound mind..." If this fartknocker had done his job well I would have forgotten but the operation / treatment got completely wrong, a false joint developed - 3 months of constant pain... "Be glad... It's your fault..." he shouted at me and then I shouted back. Thank the Lord the surgeon who did the revision operation had a completely different mindset: Well my son, we now and then have skydivers here. Mainly torn ligaments, twisted knees or a broken femur so you are nothing special. We'll get you back into the air within a few months, and right he was.

Even if helmets are not required... wearing one shows the TI is a considerate person. BTW: Helmets (at least frap hats) are required for passengers here in Germany and very strongly recommended for TIs. I personally give a f*ck if it looks c00l to jump without a helmet, I always wear one. So do all TIs I know around here. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

He does them at 0:33, simultaneous primary/secondary and then simultaneous cutaway/reserve. I do not prefer to do them that way though. Had a look, you are right - I stand corrected. I missed them because I was taught to do handle checks right after tossing the drogue and before allowing passenger to get their hands out. Anyway: Check for drogue in door? Helmet? The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Hmmm... they talk about safety and the TI doesn't do any handle checks The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Removed the offensive link, sorry about it. Re-visiting it, my G-DATA also alerted me... The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

I found this website which shows how dangerous their post was: http://untoldvalor.blogspot.de/2007/08/ball-turret-gunners-breed-apart.html The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Same with me. Been married for 29 years, together for 32 years. Started skydiving 11 years ago, marriage works well. I suppose once you have been together for a good number of years skydiving can't do you apart - at least not as the only reason The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

The German Parachute Association (DVF) strongly recommends a limit of 95 kg (~ 210 lbs) They can't really make a a legal limit (the federal aviation authority could, I suppose) but if things go wrong any judge will ask you why you deliberately took a student weighing more then the limit your organisation sets/recommends not to go over. Thus I do not take any students heavier than 90 kg (200 lbs) and - as an exception only - if they are athletic, I go up to 95 kg but not beyond it, not even if I am given a "fat surcharge". Having my own rig I can afford this "snobbish" behaviour - being a member of the chain^T tandem instructor gang jumping DZ gear things might be different... The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

When calling up www.dropzone.com I can no longer enter user name & password - instead I get the abovementioned error message? See pic attached. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

I had some "special" tandems last weekend. First one was a 19-year-old boy who was mentally disabled (attends school for students with special needs) and also had some problems with his feet which were bent inwards. Turned out he could lift his legs pretty well and could follow what I told him (actually knew a lot of things, had dealt with tandem jumping via TV reports and on the Internet etc before) and I trained the most important facts on the ground several times with him. He did pretty well, good arch on exit, in freefall with arms out, legs up on landing. Parents (mom going through chemo...) & boy were soooo grateful. Then I got a 78-year-old man. Checked if he could lift his legs, he could. Checked if he had health problems - "Nah, just been to my GP for a checkup". Only had to talk looouuud to him because he didn't want to wear his hearing aid Focused on the main aspects, arching, legs up etc, trained several times and out we go with the old man in a good arch, was awake and got his legs up really well for the landing. He was soooo grateful, hugged me and the eyes were a little watery. Both tandems took more time and effort for preparation and training but now I think it was worth it. The really demanding jump was with a 190-pound-lady. Hard work to get her to lift her legs on the ground, but could hold them for 2-3 secs) Surprise mid-air: I can't lift my legs - You gotta do and could do so on the ground! - I can't - Hey, give it a hard try, you need to lift 'em! - I'm trying... can't - Try harder, you can do it! Well, I helped her slide her leg straps towards her knees etc, but all she was able to do was lift her knees up for 1-2 secs. But on final approach she just didn't even attempt to grab her knees, just moaned "I can't". I stabbed the toggles really hard, produced enough lift so we sort of stopped and went down so we didn't topple over. I was upset: The old guy and the disabled boy tried really hard, wanted to do it, they were fighters. The plumpy - with no disabilities - just gave up, didn't even try - let the tandem guy take care of it. Lesson: If plumpies can't lift their legs for at least several seconds by grabbing their knees I won't take them for the ride. Period. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Everytime you jump from a diving board, even the 1m-board, you instinctively put your heels on your bum and can't help it even if your wife tells ya it looks crappy and all other folks dive in with straight legs. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Well, I normally do not revive old threads but as there is a nice compilation of almost all covers available (clicky) I was rather amused to find a cover of the cover you referred to, done by some Jewish guys, really cool one (clicky). The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

You call that a clean desk? Heh heh. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

It's a term I decided to use for "parallel parking". I came across the term on Mallorca ("Aparcar en bateria") and liked it very much. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Huhu... I was 22 when I started teaching at highschool in 1983. But I taught physics (science in 'murrica, I suppose?) and astronomy, subjects girls don't really like. And in 1983 you were considered "old" by 16-year-olds once you were over 20, especially when you had a beard and wore flared jeans. So I doubt there had been any "inappropriate" attraction OTOH, when I was at grades 8/9 (1975/75) a lot of young female teachers still wore mini skirts and tight tops, yumm... We boys all had our favourite ones and be it the young Russian teacher Changed when I came to grammar school... most teachers there were - from my point of view - f*cking old and dressed very conservatively - except this one French teacher... too bad I didn't have any French classes but Polish with an old fart, English with an even older fart and Russian with an stiff-upper-lip comb-over d00d... The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks

Folks who waste parking space by leaving way too much space to the car before/behind them or by parking way too far to the next car in battery parking. The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks